I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

The fierce-looking man slammed his hand on the table again and shouted:

"Kidnapping cases should be handled by the police. What do you mean by investigating privately? I advise you to confess honestly and not make up lies that are obvious at a glance!"

Zhao Yanan was almost in tears: "I didn't lie! I had no idea who that man was..."

The kind-looking man picked up a document from the table and said leisurely, "Let's change the subject. Your family owns a Sino-Japanese joint venture, right?"

Zhao Yanan nodded: "Yes, yes."

"In other words, you have the opportunity to meet Japanese people," the kind-looking man said. "Tell me, which Japanese people have you met?"

Zhao Yanan noticed it.

This seemingly kind person is actually a wolf in sheep's clothing.

……

After a day and a night of interrogation, Zhao Yanan was finally brought back to light.

She sat down in the car looking haggard, and someone tossed her her phone through the window.

"Mind your own business from now on, and watch your words!" the man warned her sternly. "You know what you should and shouldn't say!"

Zhao Yanan nodded wearily, then opened her phone and saw that Liu's father and mother had called her a thousand times.

Her hand holding the phone was still trembling as she dialed back.

"Hello? Is this Uncle and Aunt? This is Ya Nan..."

"I'm fine... I'm probably just a little tired from not sleeping. Ruyan is fine too, she doesn't want to go back for now."

"...Don't ask about that person anymore. Liu Ruyan isn't with him. She...I don't know where she went."

With trembling hands, Zhao Yanan hung up the phone and looked out the window, still feeling lingering fear.

By now, she fully understood why she had been brought here.

It was because she investigated Chen Ya.

It wasn't because she discovered anything, nor because she did anything illegal or disorderly during the investigation.

Simply because she tried to investigate Chen Ya, and because of that.

Zhao Yanan took a deep breath, pressed her hand to her chest, and tried to calm herself down.

On the bright side, at least Liu Ruyan wasn't completely deceived.

……

After getting out of the car, Liu Ruyan and Chen Ya looked at each other.

"what?"

“I’m not full,” she said.

"Tsk, why do you always think about food?"

Chen Ya looked at her waist; it wasn't thick at all.

"It's all your fault," Liu Ruyan blinked, "I didn't get to eat anything before you took me away."

“I didn’t take you with me; you insisted on coming along.”

"Anyway, I'm not full." Liu Ruyan looked like she wanted him to take responsibility.

"Cooking is so hard these days," Chen Ya said, scratching his head. "I can only ask my neighbor if she has any food."

Liu Ruyan thought he was just joking, but to her surprise, he actually knocked on the neighbor's door.

"Auntie, we missed dinner time tonight and we're out of ingredients. Do you have anything to eat?"

"Yes, yes, yes! Come in quickly!"

The auntie enthusiastically pulled the two of them inside, looking Liu Ruyan up and down as if she liked her very much.

Liu Ruyan felt it was particularly inappropriate to bother others, and also felt that Chen Ya's actions were a bit too familiar.

But seeing how enthusiastic the aunt was, she was a little unsure whether the other person was just being polite.

"Old Zhang, how have you been lately?"

On the sofa in the room, a tall, thin man, leaning on a cane, struggled to his feet, hugged Chen Ya, patted him on the back, and said in a strong voice:

"That's great!"

This man only has one leg.

The neighbor lady came out of the kitchen, wiping her hands, and said, "I just ate. There's still some soup left, but no rice."

"Then let's have some soup," Chen Ya said.

"No, Aunt Zhao next door must still have some left. I'll go ask her."

After she finished speaking, she rushed out, and a while later, a man and a woman came back carrying a pot of rice and a bowl of vegetables.

“We haven’t eaten yet either, so why don’t we eat with you?” Aunt Zhao said with a smile as she walked in.

The man in his family was helped to sit down next to the one-legged neighbor, and they seemed to be getting along very well.

"With so many people and only one dish, how are we supposed to eat? I think we should invite Lao Lu over too. His family eats the latest, so maybe he can cook more."

Liu Ruyan noticed that the man was wearing sunglasses and was blind.

Chen Ya extended his hand: "There's really no need to alarm so many people."

"No, I'll go call them." The neighbor lady ran out again.

After a while, people started calling out to each other, and a whole bunch of people came running into the room, some carrying food, some carrying wine.

Liu Ruyan noticed something.

Every one of these neighbors must have a disabled person in their family.

Chapter 60: All show and no substance?

Liu Ruyan drank some wine.

The neighbors were so enthusiastic, or rather, too enthusiastic, that she, as innocent as a little white rabbit, couldn't handle it at all.

So she, who had never touched alcohol before, drank a little bit.

During this time, Aunt Zhao and her neighbor Aunt Wang kept talking to her, making her dizzy.

What they repeatedly told her was, "Chen Ya is a good young man, you must hold on to him."

Liu Ruyan was both amused and exasperated.

Just now, after leaving the Regent Hotel, Zhao Yanan was warning Chen Ya not to make any moves on her, because Liu Ruyan's status was too high for him to reach.

Unexpectedly, when she turned around, she was told something similar but completely opposite.

She wasn't really angry. After all, these kind neighbors had no idea she was incredibly wealthy.

Liu Ruyan felt quite warm.

Before, she didn't even have any neighbors, let alone eat with them.

Although the cooking techniques varied, the food brought by each family was equally comforting.

Before coming to Chen Ya's place, she had never eaten a meal with such warmth.

……

When Liu Ruyan got home, she was still leaning against the wall, feeling dizzy.

The house is unstable and keeps turning around. If she doesn't hold onto the wall, it will collapse, so she has to hold onto the wall.

"Ugh." She made a dry heaving sound; her stomach felt terrible.

"At this rate, you can basically say goodbye to drinking from now on," Chen Ya said in her ear. "Did you hear me? Stop drinking."

"You're so annoying~" Liu Ruyan put her hand on his face.

Chen Ya took her hands off, lifted her up from behind under her armpits, and dragged her into the bedroom.

"The stars are twinkling, the moon is drawing a question mark~~"

Liu Ruyan sang in a completely off-key voice, which annoyed Chen Ya to no end.

They threw her on the bed, took off her shoes, and threw the shoes outside.

Liu Ruyan immediately crumpled the cup into a ball and used her thighs to hold the cup in place.

"Bed! I miss you!"

She closed her eyes, hugging the blanket and snuggling against it with a blissful expression. Chen Ya felt a little sorry for her and started considering whether he should buy her a bed.

After all, she had been sleeping on the sofa for three days.

He poured her a glass of water and lifted her neck: "Drink some water."

Liu Ruyan held the cup in both hands, drank the water in one gulp, and lay back on the bed with a "ha" sound. She wrapped her legs around Chen Ya in a very unladylike manner, and her hands were still groping his body.

"They all told me to make the most of you...hehe, abs...what's that...?"

Chen Ya broke out in a cold sweat. This wasn't just "grasping" him; it was "completely controlling" him.

"Stay away from me," Chen Ya shook her hand off, "Your drinking manners are unbelievable."

"I come from the mountains, carrying orchids~"

Liu Ruyan started singing again.

Chen Ya covered her ears: "Can you please stop singing? I'd rather raise a cat than you!"

The next day, when Liu Ruyan woke up, she felt sore all over and was in great discomfort.

The clothes were changed again.

She staggered out barefoot, while Chen Ya, unusually, hadn't gotten up as early as her and was still fast asleep on the sofa.

"Hey." Liu Ruyan woke him up. "You're changing my clothes, why didn't you take off my stockings?"

"Huh?" Chen Ya looked at her sleepily, his mind still not quite processing what was happening.

"It made my thighs so itchy when I woke up this morning because of the tight straps."

Chen Ya was still dizzy and made a blank sound: "Huh?"

He felt that Liu Ruyan had become increasingly spoiled lately.

Liu Ruyan asked, "Why are all the people living in this building disabled?"

Chen Ya turned over, wanting to sleep a little longer, but she pulled him back.

"Aren't all the people in the building disabled volunteers?"

Chen Ya was fed up and said, "Do you even know what time you were up until last night?"

"do not know."

Liu Ruyan climbed onto the sofa and asked again, "Are you disabled too?"

"I'm mentally disabled, I'm mentally disturbed, okay?"

Why is everyone disabled?

Liu Ruyan looked like she wouldn't give up until he answered.

Chen Ya opened his eyes with great difficulty and said painfully:

“This was originally a welfare housing unit provided by the foundation to disabled volunteers, so naturally it is inhabited by disabled people.”

"Oh!~"

Liu Ruyan realized what was happening.

No wonder the elevators in this building have wheelchair buttons and even have voice prompts; all the facilities for people with disabilities are also very well-maintained.

He had just closed his eyes when Liu Ruyan shook him awake again: "How many things are you hiding from me?"

"I don't like eating smashed cucumber."

"What's this?"

Chen Ya didn't have a hangover, but his head started to ache.